The Importance of Being Espetacular

The group is the brainchild of saxophonist Thiago França, best known as a founding member of Afro-punk explorers Metá-Metá, and one of São Paulo's most in-demand horn men, with credits on influential albums by Criolo, Elza Soares, Céu and Lucas Santtana. A Espetacular Charanga do França is, without question, his most personal and powerful project to date. It maps his life and career: his time listening to the charanga (horn and percussion band) of his local football team, Atletico Mineiro; his formative years playing classic sambas and marchinhas in São Paulo nightclubs; the fervour of hearing frevo and maracatu at Recife-Olinda carnival; the cumbias he discovered in Colombia; his love for 60s samba sax players like Paulo Moura, Zé Bodega and the Sax Sambistas ensemble.

1: Hasta La Cumbia
2: Carnaval Arco-Íris (Feat. Verônica Ferriani)
3: Vem Desacatar (Feat. Lucas Santtana)
4: Cadê Renan
5: Eu Te Conheço (Feat. Suzana Salles)
6: Cheia De Manias
7: O Capitão Do Sax (Feat. Juçara Marçal)
8: Cara Do Apetite (Feat. Tulipa Ruiz)
9: Shabab'La
10: O Trombonista
11: Hino Da Charanguinha (Feat. Verônica Ferriani)
12: Nao Para (Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough)
13: Oba Ina

Number of Discs: 1

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